Rubber, Tropical Plants, Petroleum, & Natural Gas

Rubber, elastic substance obtained from the exudations of certain tropical plants (natural rubber) or derived from petroleum and natural gas (synthetic rubber). Because of its elasticity, resilience, and toughness, rubber is the basic constituent of the tires used in automotive vehicles, aircraft, and bicycles.

Rubber, Tropical Plants, Petroleum, & Natural Gas

As Climate Talks Near, Calls Mount for a 'Phaseout' of Fossil Fuels - Yale E360

Growing need for deforestation-free rubber as tire demand destroys native forests

What is Rubber? - Sawan Books

Guide to the Different Types of Rubber

Conversion of rainforest to oil palm and rubber plantations alters energy channels in soil food webs - Susanti - 2019 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library

Rubber Chronicle 19: CO2e Emissions of Natural Rubber, Neoprene, Geoprene and SBR

Rubber, Tropical Plants, Petroleum, & Natural Gas

Rubber drives 'at least twice' as much deforestation as previously thought - Carbon Brief